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the big flood is coming, we better start building the ark. >> new york city isn't the only city lagging behind in rising sea levels an not every problem can be solved by building walls. >> so here in boston you have the problem so many east coast cities are facing. we built the city on the water. >> steven flynn is a leading advocate for investigating big in projects that make the u.s. more resilient to disaster. >> on a scale of 1-10 how prepared are we right nowen the northeastern u.s.? >> on the scale oven with-10, we're in roughly a 3 range. >> 3? >> we have been whistling by the graveyard too long when it comes to dealing with a major weather event especially in the northeast. >> one place to start, he say, could be power grids and transit systems, critical yet storm vulnerable infrastructure that gives coastal cities life. >> americans basically have got themselves into thinking bad events are things somebody else is supposed to prevent from happening. >> prevent and pay for. take for example the choices now facing the people of breezy point. >> did these people have any protectio
the big flood is coming, we better start building the ark. >> new york city isn't the only city lagging behind in rising sea levels an not every problem can be solved by building walls. >> so here in boston you have the problem so many east coast cities are facing. we built the city on the water. >> steven flynn is a leading advocate for investigating big in projects that make the u.s. more resilient to disaster. >> on a scale of 1-10 how prepared are we right nowen the...
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the the city of poston saw the snow reach 21 inches deep there. that is where a tragic accident happened. a teenager claimed into this car to get warm. the tail pipe was blocked, in the snow and the boy died in a matter of minutes. >> ems were coming out of the boy, at around this point, i got a look at his face. eyes rolled back in his head. i have seen that look before. >> this is part of the country recovering from hurricane sandy, one of the most devastating storms to hit the east coast. it isn't a new phenomenon, experts say our weather patterns are changing due to global warming. we dispatched a team of team of cnn reporters across the country and around the world to investigate, how bad can these storms become? and what can we do now to plan for the next big superstorm when it hits. >>> hurricane sandy threatening to unleash massive damage on the u.s. northeast. >> conditions are deteriorating very rapidly. >> certainly felt more rain, more wind, stronger gusts. >> i've never, in 26 years of forecasting, have seen anything like this. >> the
the the city of poston saw the snow reach 21 inches deep there. that is where a tragic accident happened. a teenager claimed into this car to get warm. the tail pipe was blocked, in the snow and the boy died in a matter of minutes. >> ems were coming out of the boy, at around this point, i got a look at his face. eyes rolled back in his head. i have seen that look before. >> this is part of the country recovering from hurricane sandy, one of the most devastating storms to hit the...
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the snowstorm put the city that never sleeps in to a deep slumber. when is the last time you saw the streets of new york this empty? here's the snowplow. the first i have seen in about an hour. finally. but the snow is not too bad. it has been coming down a little faster at a pretty good clip. hard for some of the folks who are shoveling the area, hard for them to keep up with it. it continues to pile up here. who's up besides you and me, brooke, but lucas. everyone who passes was drunk. lucas is not, thank goodness. what were you doing tonight? >> hanging out with this girl right here. and we went to karaoke with friends. >> that's a good idea. karaoke -- >> it was a good night. so we decided to go sing, indoor, warm, away from the snow. >> so the snow didn't scare you from having a good time? >> obviously it is hard to take a taxi, but the subway is running so you can take the subway so that was a good option for us and decided to go out. >> we came from princeton. we are here for a friend's birthday and we are -- some of our friends are supposed t
the snowstorm put the city that never sleeps in to a deep slumber. when is the last time you saw the streets of new york this empty? here's the snowplow. the first i have seen in about an hour. finally. but the snow is not too bad. it has been coming down a little faster at a pretty good clip. hard for some of the folks who are shoveling the area, hard for them to keep up with it. it continues to pile up here. who's up besides you and me, brooke, but lucas. everyone who passes was drunk. lucas...
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we are in the third quarter. has the worst of it yet? >> the worst is over for new york city. the worst of the drafting is not over for boston. new haven has been in this defamation some where the storm is movingleft. and that newhaven, connecticut has been right in the same spot, on that snow band for hours. i can imagine it's already two feet. just a couple hours ago, it was inches. i-95 between boston and new york city, it's just a mess. i tried to explain to these guys how you don't need to use your wipers during a snowstorm, but they didn't figure it out. if you don't have your defroster on the windshield and you have the heat on your feet, and you roll down the window so it doesn't steam up the car, the snow won't melt on your wind field. >> spoken like someone who knows the snow. >> you shouldn't have to use your wipers if it's this cold and this dry. but he's doing great stuff out there. >> he is. >> this is what i was worried about, he's been following police around all night long. he's been protected, knows where he's been. they know who he is and that's why they're
we are in the third quarter. has the worst of it yet? >> the worst is over for new york city. the worst of the drafting is not over for boston. new haven has been in this defamation some where the storm is movingleft. and that newhaven, connecticut has been right in the same spot, on that snow band for hours. i can imagine it's already two feet. just a couple hours ago, it was inches. i-95 between boston and new york city, it's just a mess. i tried to explain to these guys how you don't...
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the city, all the way up into maine. now, we're not probably going to see a lot more snow in new york city, maybe 4, 6 more inches, but the big snow totals are going to be massachusetts, connecticut, rhode island, vermont, new hampshire, and maine, because that's where the low is centered. the low is off the coast here. the closer you are to the low, the more snow you'll get. that's what we have now. that's where the snow is. the snow is filling back into new york city, and ashleigh will get more snow tonight. not that much, but she will, and then this wind will be the event for tomorrow as that storm, we call it bombs out. it literally becomes so deep and so intense it will almost be the same strength, the same depth at what hurricane sandy was as it made landfall. the good news with this is that this storm is not going to make landfall. it's going to continue out into the ocean and move away. so maybe 6 to 10 more for albany. everywhere you see this pink, this is all the way from maine, even into nova scotia, back down
the city, all the way up into maine. now, we're not probably going to see a lot more snow in new york city, maybe 4, 6 more inches, but the big snow totals are going to be massachusetts, connecticut, rhode island, vermont, new hampshire, and maine, because that's where the low is centered. the low is off the coast here. the closer you are to the low, the more snow you'll get. that's what we have now. that's where the snow is. the snow is filling back into new york city, and ashleigh will get...
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: police stations across the city under guard. the homes of l.apd officials thn air families also under guard after being called out in dorner's angry 11-dame d hief11. thousands of police across the state called on to duty, tensions so high, twitchy lapd officers shoot up a blue pickup truck resembling dorner's. inside a 71-year-old woman and her daughter delivering newspapers. the 71-year-old in intensive care. the daughter okay, a torrence police officer hears those shots and sees another truck and fires into it. not dorner but a man going to work. luckily he is okay. monica quan and her fiance shot and killed. wednesday, near san diego, dorner tried to steal a boat. on thursday, 1:25 a.m. in corona he allegedly fires onto two police officers, one is slightly injured. 20 minutes later in riverside, two officers ambushed at a stop light. one dies. the other hospitalized. thursday his manifesto goes public and his burned out truck is found, two guns in it and footprints leading into the woods. a search warrant was served on his m
: police stations across the city under guard. the homes of l.apd officials thn air families also under guard after being called out in dorner's angry 11-dame d hief11. thousands of police across the state called on to duty, tensions so high, twitchy lapd officers shoot up a blue pickup truck resembling dorner's. inside a 71-year-old woman and her daughter delivering newspapers. the 71-year-old in intensive care. the daughter okay, a torrence police officer hears those shots and sees another...